On Sat, 10 May 2025 at 23:13, Van Snyder via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
I tried to get them to take the Unisys 2200 at JPL that had been in use
supporting Voyager, when Angus McRonald, its last user, retired. I had
worked on Voyager, directly and indirectly. I tried unsuccessfully to
convince various teams to write portable software instead of exploiting
all the cool Univac features they could find. That's why some Voyager
software was still trapped in the Univac 1100/2200 world thirty years
after launch. Unfortunately, transportation couldn't be arranged, so
the 2200 was sold for scrap.
Did you attempt to contact anyone else about preserving that machine?
-Henry